Valhalla Gas Exploration and Appraisal Program - Public Environmental Review

Overview

Bennett Resources (a wholly owned subsidiary of Black Mountain Energy) is proposing to undertake an unconventional exploration drilling and hydraulic fracture stimulation program within Petroleum Exploration Permit EP 371 (EP 371) within the Shire of Derby, West Kimberley.  

The proposal area is located approximately 123 kilometres south east of the town of Derby.  The proposal comprises the construction of up to twenty wells in a region of the Canning Basin that has been previously surveyed and explored for petroleum purposes.  The proposal is targeting hydrocarbons in the Laurel Formation, with hydrocarbon shows present at depths in the order of 2,000 metres (m) to 4,000 m below ground level.  The proposal will require an overall disturbance footprint of 112 hectares.

An Environmental Review Document (ERD) has been prepared by Bennett Resources in accordance with Environmental Protection Authority procedures and is released for public review.

The ERD describes the proposal, examines the likely environmental effects and the proposed environmental management procedures associated with the proposed development.

The ERD is available for download from EPA website under 3. Assessment > Environmental Review.

The document is also available on the proponent’s website.

Hard copies of the document (without the appendices) may be purchased for $10 (including postage and packaging) or a CD version (including appendices) from:

Bennett Resources Pty Ltd

Level 4, 225 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000

Email: perthoffice@blackmountainenergy.com 

Copies of the document will be available for examination at:

• Derby Public Library
• Fitzroy Crossing Public Library
• Broome Public Library
• State Library of Western Australia.

Public submissions are to be received by the EPA by (end of) Monday, 7 October 2024.

Submissions should be made through this consultation hub.

Alternatively, submissions can be

Posted to:

Deputy Chair

Environmental Protection Authority

Locked Bag 10

Joondalup DC WA 6919.

Delivered to:

Environmental Protection Authority

Prime House

8 Davidson Terrace

Joondalup WA  6027.

If you have any questions on how to make a submission, please contact EPA Services of the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation on 6364 7000.